How have you shown: Kindness, Resilience, Respect and Thankfulness this week?
Friday 16th January 2026
"Do to others as you would have them do to you" (Luke 6:31)
Important Dates for week commencing 19th January 2026
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Monday 19th - Friday 23rd January |
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Parent Consultations |
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Y4 Residential |
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Half Term Activities |
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Winter Water Safety Advice from HCC Please share with your children |
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Friends of Thomas Coram
We’re looking for volunteers to support our events and fundraising by helping with communications. Your participation is vital to making sure our events are seen, shared, and successful.
Event Marketing:
Help create promotional materials for our events, including posters, adverts, and social content.
Social Media Volunteer:
Help manage our social channels by posting content and growing followers.
Interested in getting involved or finding out more?
Contact Bobbie Hardwick at chair@friendsoftc.co.uk
A letter regarding our Parent Consultations on Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th February will be sent out at the end of January with details of how to book. Bookings will go live in Arbor at 7pm on Monday 2nd February.
We were very excited to share with Y4 parents earlier this week plans for the Year 4 Rootd residential at the beginning of July. Information was sent out via email. Please make sure you reserve you place (via arbor) by 28th February.
In a couple of weeks we will be hosting the wonderful author, MG LEONARD. She is the bestselling writer of children’s books such as Beetle Boy, the Adventures on Trains series and The Twitchers books. Her work had been translated into over forty languages and Beetle Boy is currently in development for a TV series. She’s coming to talk about her amazing Time Key series and her new book The Impossible Gladiator. She will be signing books for the children at the event.
IMPORTANT – Parents, you can order a signed copy from Our Bookshop- click below...
https://www.ourbookshoptring.co.uk/product/the-impossible-gladiator/
The signed books will be given to your child on the day.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM BEN AT OUR BOOKSHOP - Please include your child's name and class so the books can be labelled up for the event. Postage is not required; we will deliver all the books on the day.
Community Information
Beezee Families
Beezee Families have put together some top tips to help families stay healthy during the winter season and beyond, and this is just a taste of help they offer! They also run Beezee Families, a FREE heathy lifestyle programme that our nutritionists deliver across Hertfordshire. The 12-week programme supports families to build healthy habits around food, physical activity, and how to have fun while doing so!
Spots are filling up fast for January so make sure to sign up soon! If you can’t wait to get started on your healthy lifestyle journey, you can learn at your own pace over on our Academy. Visit our website for more details
Rotary Young Photographer Competition
The Rotary Young Photographer Competition is free to enter and open to all young people aged upto 17 years old. It is an opportunity to interpret this year's theme: 'Happiness in Nature' and express their ideas through the medium of photography.
Ownership of a fancy camera is not essential as any digital photo in .jpeg format can be submitted, so mobile phone cameras can be used. Furthermore, entrants submit a portfolio of three pictures online, avoiding printing costs.
There are three age related entry levels:
Junior: Up to 10 yrs old
Intermediate: 11-13 years old
Senior: 14-17 years old
The competition details and entrance packs are available now at www.berkorotary.org
The closing date is 31 January 2026.
Winners of each Dacorum level will receive a £100 prize, an engraved commemoration plate and the potential to have their work displayed in exhibitions. All entrants receive and online certificate commemorating their participation.
Weekly Attendance W/C 12/01/2026
Year 3: 96.1%
Year 4: 94.2%
Year 5: 96.4%
Year 6: 93.8%
Whole school: 95.1%
With Madagascar having 100% attendance this week!
"Be present, be engaged and watch your knowledge grow."
Values in Action
Madagascar - Lyra - For for kindness and resilience this week.
Gambia - Sophia - For her resilience in English this week and having a fantastic attitude towards her learning.
South Africa - Whole class - For showing kindness, resect and resilience while having me as their new teacher, adapting to new routines and being positive and welcoming me into South Africa over the past 10 weeks.
Norway - Henry - For his fantastic resilience and independence in all lessons this week.
Croatia - Poppy - For her kindness and helpfulness in the class.
Finland - Finlay - For showing great resilience and overcoming his initial nervousness by getting in the pool during our first swimming lesson.
China - Kayleigh - For showing kindness and respect towards others.
Borneo - Iasmin - For being an incredibly kind, considerate and helpful member of Borneo
India - Gaby- For her wonderful kindness to others, sharing her expertise in our computing lesson.
Brazil - Hannah - For showing kindness to others.
Peru - Isla - For showing great resilience and determination in learning her large chunk of lines and turning them into a brilliant performance for our class assembly while balancing a very busy important week for herself.
Mexico - Aaron - For showing kindness towards someone when they were upset.
A full calendar is available here
Flyers
This week at St Peter's
Details of services at St Peter's can be found here.
To read the latest news from St Peter's click here.
